Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia has rid itself of a culture of dependency and has full resources to run the upcoming nationwide elections, the first to be fully-funded by the Cambodian government, the premier said yesterday.
Speaking at the inauguration of the Sihanoukville Port Special Economic Zone, Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in or near the seat of power since the fall of the Khmer Rouge, said the Kingdom was well-prepared to run the upcoming June commune elections.
“The culture of depending on foreign aid should be reduced because we need to be owned by ourselves in accordance with the sustainable practice of democracy in Cambodia,” Hun Sen said. “If there is foreign assistance, it would be good, but if not we still run the election.”
The premier said the government had approved approximately US$19 million to run the commune election in June and roughly the same amount for next year’s national election.
In 2003, in the first national elections since UNTAC, the government footed 40 per cent of the election expense bill, while donor countries fronted 60 per cent of the expense.
In the second national elections in 2008, Cambodia paid for 60 per cent of the elections and donors contributed 40 per cent of the funds, the premier said.
Hun Sen called on all armed forces and local authorities to facilitate the Kingdom’s third national elections and ensure they were free and fair.
“[I] will also appeal to [all armed forces and local authorities] to facilitate all political parties to have their election campaign in an environment of neutrality and free in order to ensure a free and fair election so that [the result of election] would be acceptable [among all],” Hun Sen said.
He also called for the 10 political parties competing in the upcoming commune elections to respect the elections laws and criticised politicians who were already organising public forums to campaign.
1 comment:
Yeah, right. Hope it must be free and fair, but not just your words your promises, Ah Hun Sen (Yuon slave). We keep an eye on the election and see how it will go.
So, thanks for your statement "Free and Fair election," Youn dog Hun Sen.
Mr. Yuon dog Hun Sen, we want to make sure your illegal Yuon settlers are NOT allowed to vote because they have not rights and eligibility. You, Mr. Yuon dog, have followed orders from your bosses in Hanoi to provide the IDs to illegal Vietnamese settlers without permissions from general public or Khmer people. You are not the owner of Cambodia, but Khmer/Cambodian people are the owners of Cambodia (the last piece of Khmer Empire land left over after her territory lost to Thai, Vietnam, Burma and Laos).
Again, Mr. Yuon slave Hun Sen, it is NOT a free and fail election IF you use them (illegal Yuon immigrants) as the voters of CPP to gain the NUMBER OF VOTES for your CPP.
In order to play by the rules and apply A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION, you can not follow the order of your master in Hanoi to allow illegal Vietnamese settlers to illegally vote for you and your CPP to cheat the election.
So, just watch out, Mr. Yuon slave Hun Sen.
The world is watching you, Mr Yuon slave, and your master in Hanoi and your Yuon bodyguards and your hidden Yuon military forces who will try to send the grenades into the crowds of opposition parties that used to happen in 1997 and 1993. The internal war and gun battles have been created by your masters in Hanoi and hidden Yuon/Vietnamese faces in Khmer/Cambodian Military Uniforms.
So, the world (UN, EU, USA and International Communities) will keep a very keen eye on You, Mr. Yuon slave Hun Sen, your bosses in Hanoi and your secret Yuon/Vietnamese bodyguards and secret/hidden Yuon/Vietnamese military forces in Cambodian/Khmer Military Uniforms.
Khmer Yeurng
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